RSA Conference 2007: FTC planning new methods to combat ID theft

The federal agency responsible for consumer protection is planning a public workshop to discuss authentication and soon hopes to draft a civil rule requiring companies to spot warning signs of identity theft, its leader said Wednesday.  Read More….

RSA Conference: FTC chairman warns against consumer data negligence

SAN FRANCISCO — Businesses can learn some lessons from the enforcement action the Federal Trade Commission has taken against companies that fail to protect consumer data, FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras said in an RSA Conference keynote Wednesday.   Read More….

True Story of a PayPal Phishing Victim

I was the victim of a “spoof” email, allegedly from PayPal.  Read More….

Mobile Commerce 2.0 – near field or far, far away

As the mobile industry approaches its annual festival of hype at 3GSM in Barcelona, NFC may not be one of the short-lived concepts getting all the (hot) airtime, but as an enabler for financial transactions that everyone could easily use, its impact in the mobile industry and beyond is likely to be far more significant.  Read More….

ID theft tops list of consumer woes

Washington – Consumers reported more than 670,000 cases of fraud and identity theft in 2006 that cost them $1.2 billion in losses, the Federal Trade Commission said in its annual report Wednesday. Greeley topped the list of metro areas for consumer fraud complaints.  Read More….